Is it down?

Check if any website is down for everyone or just you.

We check from our servers, not crowdsourced reports.

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About the Is It Down? checker

When a site will not load, the first question is always the same: is it actually down, or is it just me? Crowdsourced "down detector" sites answer with user reports, which lag reality and are easy to skew. This tool answers directly — it makes a real request to the site from our servers and reports what actually happened.

You get the live status, the response time, and, when a site fails, a plain-English reason: a DNS failure, an expired SSL certificate, a timeout, a refused connection, a redirect loop, or an error status. That tells you whether the problem is the site or your own network.

How to use it

  1. Enter a domain or URL (for example, example.com), or tap one of the popular sites.
  2. Press Check. We make a live request from our servers, independent of your connection.
  3. Read the verdict: up with a response time, or down with the specific failure reason.
  4. If our check says the site is up but you still cannot reach it, the problem is local — your network, DNS, or device — not the site.

Why it matters for SEO

  • Downtime hurts SEO directly: if search crawlers hit an unreachable site repeatedly, crawling slows and rankings can slip until it recovers.
  • A real server-side check separates a site outage from a local network problem in seconds, so you stop debugging the wrong thing.
  • The failure reason points straight at the fix — an expired certificate, a DNS misconfiguration, or an overloaded server each need very different responses.
  • For your own site, catching an outage early — before users and crawlers pile up on error pages — limits the damage to traffic and trust.

Frequently asked questions

What does “is it down for everyone or just me?” mean?

It is the difference between a site-wide outage and a problem local to you. Because this checker requests the site from our servers rather than your device, an "up" result means the issue is on your end (network, DNS, or device).

How is this different from crowdsourced down detectors?

Crowdsourced tools rely on user-submitted reports, which lag the actual outage and can be noisy. This tool performs a real, live request from our servers, so the result reflects the site’s status right now.

Why does a website go down?

Common causes include an expired SSL certificate, a DNS misconfiguration, a server timeout or crash, a refused connection, or a redirect loop. When a site fails, this checker names the specific reason so you know where to look.

Is the Is It Down checker free?

Yes — it is completely free with no sign-up. Each check runs live from our servers, independent of your own connection.

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